2002 Baseball Playoffs thread
It's October, and you know what that means ... playoffs baby! :cool:
The Twins committed three errors while handing the A's a 5-1 lead but hung tough and stormed back for a 7-5 win in Oakland. Now the A's have their backs against the wall; if they lose again tomorrow they know they won't get out of the Metrodome alive.
Then the Yankees nipped the Angels 8-5 in a great game from what I saw. Bernie's 3-run homer clinched it. But the Angels played a great game.
Now for the shocker: The Cardinals are pounding Randy Johnson and the D-backs 12-2 in the 8th! :eek:
Giants-Braves kicks off tomorrow.
GO TWINS!
The Twins committed three errors while handing the A's a 5-1 lead but hung tough and stormed back for a 7-5 win in Oakland. Now the A's have their backs against the wall; if they lose again tomorrow they know they won't get out of the Metrodome alive.
Then the Yankees nipped the Angels 8-5 in a great game from what I saw. Bernie's 3-run homer clinched it. But the Angels played a great game.
Now for the shocker: The Cardinals are pounding Randy Johnson and the D-backs 12-2 in the 8th! :eek:
Giants-Braves kicks off tomorrow.
GO TWINS!
Comments
Go Giants...they're going to need it. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
I will kill Giambi for tying it up. Then I will make Williams eat Giambi, then I will kill him too. Bastards.
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Oh and **** the Yankees too.
Go Giants...they're going to need it. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> [/QB]<hr></blockquote>
Barry is due. He'll get it done this time. And Russ Ortiz is pitching great right now. I like they're chances tonight.
Once again, he chokes in the playoffs!
Congrats to the Cards and the Twins for good victories yesterday. I just like seeing the Twins win because Bud Selig wanted to contract them so badly, just so people from Minnesota would root for his Brewers instead.
I'm also glad that the Brewers had such a horrible record. Maybe they should be contracted, eh Bud?
Even Randy Johnson could stop the Cardinals. This will be an interesting series I think. Can St. Louis really knock out the defending World Champions?
Imagine- none of this would have been possible had there been a strike.
<strong>I don't really care that the Yankees won because Roger Clemens pitched a horrible game.
Once again, he chokes in the playoffs!
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Problem is, with the Yanks he hasn't choked the way he did when he was with the Sox - up until last night, that is.
Want a depressing stat? Roger's worst postseason ERA with the Yankees is almost a full run better than his best postseason ERA with the Sox.
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Yanks and Angels I'd rather see Anaheim take the series, but I've got a lot of respect for the Yanks so I wouldn't mind them winning.
Giants and Braves I want the Giants to kick Atlanta's asses, which they're doing right now.
And with the Cards and Diamonbacks I want St. Louis to win
i see an As-Gs world series... <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
Benito Santiago and Robb Nen nearly gave me a heart attack.
man, what a game!!! damn, that last inning was too suspenseful. i stopped breathing during that last atbat. great game! <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
Wasn't there an Earthquake the last time that happened?
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Wasn't there an Earthquake the last time that happened?</strong><hr></blockquote>
hellz yeah!!! but i missed it...
visiting my grandparents in LA during the best quake of my generation...
<strong>**** the Angels and **** the A's.
Oh and **** the Yankees too.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Fear not. The NHL season begins a week from today.
The series is tied 1-1. Woooot!
Plus, the Angels bullpen has a bit of the Wild Thing look to them.
One thing you won't see in the Dome that you saw a lot of in Oakland: empty seats.
Of course, once they beat the A's, they'll just get pummeled by the Yankees. As usual. Yawn.
The Twins are expecting <a href="http://www.startribune.com/stories/509/3342230.html" target="_blank">55,000 plus</a> both games. And I've got tickets: I can't go Friday so I gave them to my parents, but I'll be there Saturday.
I remember watching the '87 Series on TV: I was a freshman in college, my first autumn away at school. I watched in my dorm's TV lounge with three Cardinals fans and about 20 ambivalent Cubs/White Sox fans. It still rocked. <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />